The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 ALBUM REVIEW

[@HairyHog77]

MY BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD flows harshly

[@jackdesy2127]

MY HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART BEATS LOUDLY

[@hayward325]

MY CHEEEEEEEEEEEST STILL DRAWS BREATH,

[@antonionsfw]

stay with me. my blood.

[@roccoprioletti]

suciedad no

[@anthonyrosenthal3674]

HairyHog I was listening to that part going “how long is he gonna keep this going” lol

[@regularrr1028]

what a cute elephant this will for sure not give me a breakdown!

[@-thesignpainter9486]

Samurai sword? That sounds like a cool name for a song!

[@Janruzalem]

@@-thesignpainter9486 that song has woken me up a countless number of times after i decided some microphones wouldnt hurt before sleep

[@astra4312]

SILVA

[@ScripFing]

SILVA

[@cezarregala8403]

@@Janruzalem yo we all really live the same life don't we?

[@inflago]

I ordered some microphones and mount eerie stuff a few years ago, and it literally had my name and address written by Phil by hand with like 12 stamps on it. I actually still have the box, just because I was so amazed at how he actually sent all his merch himself, and with so little technology involved. He could very easily streamline that process for very little cost, compared to the time it must take to write everything by hand and figure out the postage.

[@laytonn1160]

Just got an album from his label and everything you described happened to me, Phil is amazing

[@hypnagogue]

Phil is a god among mortals

[@jacobnoska3443]

The stamps he sends are actually from his grandfather’s collection. I’ve ordered 4 separate things from his label now and the 2 most recent packages didn’t have any stamps which was a little disappointing but as to be expected a collection can’t last forever! It is truly amazing though.

[@zackzallie8735]

We need more people like Phil.

[@rifky8294]

whered you buy it? wanted to buy the one phil offers on the spotify page but unfortunately they dont ship to my country

[@AdudenamedKemp]

The droning noise at the end of The Glow Pt. 2 is the first noise at the beginning on Mount Eerie.

[@palbo4]

AdudenamedKemp and if you play Mount Eerie immediately after this it flows perfectly and sounds amazing

[@SirJenkz]

@@markwoollon shut the fuck up mark

[@per7481]

Mark Woollon fuck you mark

[@buckleygeneration]

Mark Woollon Who hurt you? Who needs to answer for this?

[@capra920]

@@markwoollon dick

[@pedroordonez2a362]

Can't wait for Phil's sequel rap album, "The Flow" pt. 2!

[@yokaizinho]

imagine phil over trap beats

[@lykiethuy9161]

@@yokaizinho lil peep

[@nobodyburgen4594]

@@lykiethuy9161 First time in a while that a youtube comment has made me actually laugh out loud

[@Riddle99-v7q]

Quadeca's new album is kinda like that!

[@1o492-e1f]

@@nobodyburgen4594 maybe because peep once sampled the glow pt.2

[@xvAlien]

i dont like how aggressively you told us in the description your least fav track from the album was actually the title track, anthony

[@fish5215]

I honestly thought it was his least favorite for awhile and I couldn’t fathom it lol

[@braden755]

@@dhard yes it's a joke

[@lilrolex1173]

Hello nosgov

[@alvaboy4982]

@@dhard alt alien is just kidding

[@motrilfromthe6281]

@@dhard you're sounding just like Mark smh

[@taifuhime]

holy shit he finally reviewed my all-time favorite album

[@loganmohler737]

@oliver dreyer fuck you, too! :)

[@kirinkwan7648]

What makes it so special?

[@spamsingles5948]

@@kirinkwan7648 I'm trying to figure that out

[@Zach-ic9ho]

It might not seem special at first, but there is something really magic going on in this album underneath the seemingly simple folk music. It took me a while for the album to click so just keep listening.

[@spamsingles5948]

@@Zach-ic9ho Do you know what specifically makes it special. I listened to it again since, and I still don't get why people say it's so good

[@vikt0000r]

i hope phil and his family is ok. in all their despair.

[@spitgorge2021]

@Oliver Dreyer what

[@hertegovinul7564]

@Oliver Dreyer rip

[@unhxlysilver1688]

@Oliver Dreyer rip

[@zackzallie8735]

i still can't listen to A Crow Looked at Me without breaking down in tears. It feels too personal that I feel wrong to even listen to it

[@nocturnes_dreaming_forever]

@@spitgorge2021 what are you doing here

[@zachg8652]

The Moon is honestly the best track on the album, it's so harmonic with the acoustic layering and the kicking in of the synthesizer and the drums to give it a rushed type of feel. The sax kicking in during the chorus is just purely amazing. It definitely gives us the whole feel of where Phil's describing

[@adamboof6769]

Zach Gray Reviews i like the title track the most.

[@lifeisgolden1860]

the gleam pt2 / map / you'll be in the air / i felt my size best songs like the album only gets better through time

[@coolranchdust420]

ur fucking right brah. never heard anything like that track.

[@sarai3286]

i need to give the rest of the songs a few more listens! my favorites are headless horseman, i felt your size, the moon, and instrumental.

[@collinlopez]

I'm more of Gleam pt. 2 guy.

[@vinnygores8605]

I think fantano would give this a 10 if it came out when he was reviewing albums

[@Iaburnie]

he did give it a 10 on his rate your music page so you’re absolutely right

[@chocolatematter]

most classic reviews he does are 10s to him

[@emiel255]

Well he said at the beginning of this video that this is one of his favourite albums of all time so yeah most likely he would have given it a 10

[@gooeyllewy3729]

if you still read these, hope you know you succeeded in helping to continue building a following for this near perfect album

[@surroundgatari]

The Glow Pt. 2 already has a pretty decent following. It's one of those highly-regarded cult albums. I love the album btw, huge Phil Elverum fan, so not making fun of it by saying that

[@Sebvibevanse]

Wish he'd do a classic review of the Scott series. It doesn't get enough recognition.

[@kirinkwan7648]

Any other recommendations?

[@Ignore14]

This album had a following long before Fantano reviewed it

[@gooeyllewy3729]

@@Ignore14 ya that was worded really dumb, was speaking for myself being a +1 to the already established following lmao

[@ictoan444]

That "HELP GENEVIÈVE ELVERUM BATTLE CANCER" gofundme link is actually heartbreaking.

[@nicke.424]

I must admit that this is an incredible masterpiece. One of the best albums of that decade. The depressing lyrics that describe depression so accurately and the creative instumentation that makes the album whole. I really wish more people listened to this album

[@kavajarrace]

One of the best albums EVER

[@nicke.424]

@@kavajarrace the best album ever*

[@kavajarrace]

​@@nicke.424 No, because the other Microphones albums are also the best albums ever, so

[@kavajarrace]

@@nicke.424 It Was Hot, Song Islands and Mount Eerie are all so amazing

[@nicke.424]

@@kavajarrace damn straight. Mt eerie is a very close 2nd to the glow pt 2 imo

[@riverscuomo7140]

It's The Glow Pt. 2, Bitch! (ft. Lil Wayne) was such a weird track.

[@theethos5181]

Anthony... this review is perfect (at least from my perspective). You've conveyed everything I've ever had to and wanted to say about this record. Thank you immensely.

[@Bryan-ce6bo]

If the Glow pt 2 is so good why isn’t there a pt 1?

[@kitpalmer1583]

There is lol

[@garanhollow4493]

There is. It's in their early album It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water

[@zackzallie8735]

More like if the Glow pt 2 is so good why isn't there a pt 3?

[@jjvexist]

@@zackzallie8735 There is it’s on the glow pt 2 disc two

[@jonahw5587]

If there is a glow part 3 then why isn’t there a glow part 4

[@osamabinladen350]

Anthony, please review Al Qaeda.

[@fuish6391]

Strong 9 out of 11

[@osamabinladen350]

+rykori Indeed.

[@ArexYouxCereal]

+rykori noooo hahaha too soon

[@osamabinladen350]

+ArexYouxCereal It's never too soon.

[@alvesrulez]

holy shit! that was deep xD

[@XxuplmxX]

Man you put so much passion into this review, you described the album and it's themes perfectly. This is definitely my favourite TND review.

[@featherycoffee1401]

I prefer To be kind, Rain Dogs or the Miley Cyrus one but this is definitely up there

[@David-bh6ce]

@@featherycoffee1401 The TPAB one is my fav, so much in depth detail

[@rohanbeer1654]

I love how passionate you are in this review. Your points flow smoothly throughout and you describe everything in such incredible detail that does the album justice. Definitely one of my favourites reviews of yours

[@buckleygeneration]

The acoustic patterns on I Want Wind to Blow are so good I get jealous. And then the outro kicks in and it’s just as good. Damn him.

[@peanutbutnovember1237]

This album is so awesome. I love the album cover too, it really encapsulates the feeling of the album sonically. The sound of this album feels just like an elephant completely out of place in a never ending forest. The doubt and hopelessness as the elephant wonders through the forest, hitting every branch. It’s disorienting yet serene. It’s terrifying yet beautiful.

[@floatzilla2242]

One thing that stood out to me about this album, are the middle tracks. After the first couple of tracks on the album, it goes into a streak of 1-2 minute tracks. I've listened to indie rock before, so I was prepared for these tracks to be unremarkable. Just ok songs that you forgot are on the album, till you look at the track list. But no, every single one of these tracks are unique, and had me in awe. This album truly is amazing.

[@jonathanweaver6785]

I was so obsessed with this record in college.

[@jarretttorres1733]

Jonathan Weaver I am in college, and I am obsessed with this record.

[@iliketinyturtles]

@@jarretttorres1733 way to go lmao

[@elliotjackypiggygambetta]

I'm in High school and i'm so obsessed with this album.

[@jonahw5587]

I’m a 3rd grader bumpin to this shit rn

[@chrilborn4138]

@@jonahw5587 bruh just got home from my mom giving birth to me yesterday and this ish BANGS my guy

[@toemass202]

(Something) - 1 is so haunting, its the scariest sound ive ever heard. It gives me massive anxiety and goosebumps and I feel like everything around me will turn dark and decay and fall on me and id die

[@peytonwarren1936]

It’s been a couple years, but if you want a whole album of that deep and terrifying sub-bass sound, Earth 2 by Earth is pretty much an hour of the most sinister low-freq slow burners you’ll hear.

[@BIGBADNEWS]

@@peytonwarren1936earth 2!!!!

[@spencermoreland9691]

I used to have a casette tape that had Tago Mago on one side and this album on the other, so these albums always seem related to me. The nostalgic power of this album is intense - especially My Roots... and The Moon, which were basically hymns to me in my high school years.

[@hebreophone]

Spencer Moreland TAGO MAGO. Hell yeah

[@TelecastPropellor96]

i desperately need a classic review of aphex twin's 'selected ambient works 85-92'

[@thedudeperson]

SAW II or Richard D James album would be better.

[@TelecastPropellor96]

thedudeperson surely the original; it practically started the genre.

[@nonyashblob]

I hope you mean IDM and not ambient

[@ZAPPED916]

Xtal!

[@DubuWaPolar]

THIS

[@jameswatts2310]

This album’s release was the most important thing to happen on September 11, 2001

[@captainpsyduck2623]

?

[@very025]

Nah Jay-Z released The Blueprint, which would also make Kanye a known person. Without that album we wouldn’t have so many classics

[@spicyoreos74]

The blueprint

[@jameswatts2310]

@@very025 sad indie boy better

[@zackzallie8735]

@@jameswatts2310 yep.

[@kokirikid817]

I Felt Your Shape is my favorite piece of poetry.

[@Babslab2]

Lemon would probably agree he has a cover of it

[@sitcomenjoyer7950]

@@Babslab2 melon*

[@nachoherrera5678]

You can really tell this is his favorite album of all time

[@FarazKhan-cc5ze]

he just said on tiktok it was his favourite album of all time

[@nachoherrera5678]

@@FarazKhan-cc5ze can you give me a link? I don't have tik tok

[@wholefoodstm4790]

@@FarazKhan-cc5ze he said it was his favorite indie folk album of all time actually

[@very025]

His favorite album is probably Madvillainy

[@itaymishaan9596]

@@very025 probably not

[@GamingLateAtNight]

if you like phil. i like u.

[@HPPrintervx4p5q]

If u like phil I like u phil

[@Joel-sv3sd]

Long live Phil Elverum

[@ang0oo]

😳

[@olinmoseley5060]

Elliott smith- either/or

[@HPPrintervx4p5q]

What're trying to say?

[@yearnpill]

Fantastic album. RIP Elliott

[@thomward6890]

meta name classic review request

[@groobells]

This album changed the way I viewed music, first song I ever learned on guitar was the moon and taught it to myself. So glad you reviewed this gem

[@seanpietrowicz944]

Classic review Illinoise by Sufjan

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

If this album doesn't click for you try listening to "It Was Hot We Stayed In the Water". It's not the direct predecessor to this album but it is thematically, and this album really is an intentional sonic evolution from that one. And if it still doesn't click just try listening to each of the songs with intervals in between. It'll make a difference.

[@karlarivera3548]

I feel like I’m the only person i know that likes this type of music, i dont really have anyone to talk about this music with... and i love it so much!

[@Linuscreeper]

Saaaaaame

[@andreasbjrndal3083]

We can chat

[@strawberrywigz1658]

same...

[@chrilborn4138]

SAME

[@dareelantonio.3056]

Its hard to find people to talk about this album

[@gooeyllewy3729]

you mentioned not wanting this record to go unnoticed. because of you, I've found my favorite record for the 9 months. mission accomplished, fantano

[@blunder3917]

I saw the annotation up in the right corner and I nearly cried.

[@branson9271]

What did it say?

[@blunder3917]

@@branson9271 supporting the GoFundMe for Phil's wife's cancer treatment, as this review came out before she passed and Phil wrote A Crow Looked at Me

[@branson9271]

@@blunder3917 aww :(

[@bean80085]

I was watching your old thatistheplan videos last week, and I saw your cover of "I felt your shape" and since then I've listened to 3 of their albums and they are amaaaazing. Thank you Antwanthony for turning me on to these guys. I r8 your cover CALasic/10. decent singing performance with an amazing guitar piece. Truly the magnum opus of your youtube career.

[@Calz20Videos]

touch grass

[@5tr41ghtt0h3ll]

@@Calz20Videos what

[@Calz20Videos]

@@5tr41ghtt0h3ll I just realized the op is irony and now I feel stupid If it wasn’t, however, my comment still stands

[@mannyoftheeast3318]

@@Calz20Videos Listening to three albums doesn't mean you can't be well adjusted and have a regular life. lol

[@Calz20Videos]

@@mannyoftheeast3318 I was making a joke about how the comment is so entrenched in fantanoism that it’s a strain on the eyes to look at

[@YoqDzewa]

Melon, I don't watch your reviews besides when I'm bored looking for new albums, but this one had so much passion & dedication poured into it. I watched this after hearing the whole album for the first time and your attention to detail on the atmosphere the sound creates was so accurate. Gonna give this vid a 2/2 (get it, cuz YT likes are binary?)

[@strawberrywigz1658]

hehe

[@zackzallie8735]

I Am Bored

[@transposedmatrix]

It’d be 1/1, wouldn’t it? 0/1 being a dislike. Doesn’t matter anyway, dislikes are gone

[@nobodyburgen4594]

@@transposedmatrix No, 1/2 is no like, no dislike.

[@transposedmatrix]

@@nobodyburgen4594 Then they're not binary.

[@SubHumanMusic]

Every time I hear that steamboat engine sound in this album I feel more and more hurt. This is one of the best records of all time. Everything about this album is imperfectly perfect.

[@Ilikelimpbizkit]

This album has been one of my favorites for a very long time, and your review brought so much more depth to my understanding and experience with this record. I would have never gotten into this record had it not been for your review of Clear Moon a few years back, so I find it pretty appropriate for it to come full circle. Excellent job as always!

[@llamapie24]

Anthony, have you heard the Song Exploder episode for "I Want Wind to Blow"? It has Phil breaking down the lyrics and instrumentation, really interesting.

[@kvkyoin9651]

we need a classic review of Fevers and Mirrors

[@wolfearsceej]

20 years later and this thing is still absolutely perfect.

[@rockomundo]

I just finished listening to this and jesus, it's such a weird and beautiful album. As always Fantano, thank you so much for showing us these amazing records we probably wouldn't have come across on our own.

[@roxybaby5291]

Contains a darkness in which I fail to pin down the source. Sweet lo-fi goodness. A complete willingness to the giving up of one’s power and control which is transferred into an inescapable faith and trust of the unknown, of fate and circumstance. incomparable folksy melodies which produce the feeling that comes with the struggle of young adulthood and growing up; the unstoppable force that is time, and completely giving into dominant concepts and forces as such, as if time is the bottomless pit of a lagoon, and Phil (along with the listener), is mindlessly jumping off the rocky ledge looming over this pit, without a moments hesitation. This album is the feeling of that first step.

[@lochtopus3726]

Roxy Baby I think at this point he had known his wife had cancer and that’s where that sense of underlying fear and some sort of depression while still trying to keep levity while he can comes from

[@bradyn9620]

I love this album so much thank you so much for introducing me to Phil music

[@ElementAndrew99]

I'm calling the microphones "Phil music" from now on

[@shapedsilver3689]

I love that you did this record. One of my favorites too.

[@gabrielonnerfors885]

I think the fog horn interludes on this album is the cherry on top, perfectly captures the pacific north west theme

[@bungus87]

I can still remember all those years ago, it only took me the opening twenty seconds to fall in love with this album. Beautiful, I appreciate the review, 'Tano, seems like you put a lot of thought into this one

[@MemphianSounds]

Elv(e)rum Worst to Best??

[@lmanproductions8680]

Found this album a week ago and listened dozens of times already. It’s so visceral and honest, absolutely beautiful.

[@conor8629]

Top 10 albums ever recorded

[@matchbox2482]

Yuuur

[@ari5102]

top 5 no cap

[@davidrothschild8913]

This record essentially was a huge inspiration to both my music and photographic aesthetics today. Just so raw and amazing.

[@traviscook5728]

DO A MODEST MOUSE CLASSIC REVIEW, LITERALLY ANY ALBUM!!!

[@danieltittyfish6218]

@@markwoollon HEY!! fuck you.

[@rashotcake6945]

i feel like people who like this album will also like Lonesome Crowded West. Sprawling lofi sad emo indie core

[@zackzallie8735]

@@rashotcake6945 yep but i prefer The Moon & Antarctica. it's more layered and eclectic but still emotional in sound.

[@rashotcake6945]

@@zackzallie8735 i find the rawer sound of LCW more appealing but i respect your opinion

[@zackzallie8735]

@@rashotcake6945 i still love LCW tho. so its ok.

[@originoflogos]

SWANS THE GLOWING MAN

[@andrewwdavvid]

gotta wait till after classics week, fam

[@tcdalton215]

if he's ever going to do a swans record, he's going to Soundtracks. He gave it 5 stars on his RYM

[@zacharyknight4773]

+Troy Cope he already reviewed To Be Kind and he gave it a ten...

[@franciscoalmeida9019]

NO NONONONO YES

[@alexandremendes7489]

SWAAAAAAAAANS!!!

[@augustportland]

Eddy Blau is my drummer and guitarist's dad and he helps us do recordings. Karl is their uncle. Really cool guys. I haven't met Phil yet but I just might today as he's in the studio we recorded in this week, his UNKNOWN studio in Anacortes.

[@mishmashmush]

Alex Eliason Did you meet him?

[@augustportland]

@@mishmashmush yes I've met him twice now actually. He's a really nice guy. I'm currently working as an intern at Unknown Recording Studio in Anacortes where he used to work, that's where I first met him when he was mixing his new album and then I met him again at a show where he played as The Microphones just before What The Heck Fest in July.

[@sean.3909]

I’ve spent 8 years with this masterpiece and it’s without a doubt the greatest project I’ve ever heard. I can’t even compare it to anything else

[@zerwee7409]

I think of The Moon as like Holland, 1945 pumped up on steroids.

[@moresnqp]

22 and a bit years later, still incredible i hope i get to see phil live someday, but i live in australia and he has literally performed here once (2023 october i believe..?)

[@kevinobrien7152]

this album changed my life. its so emotional for me just hearing you talk about it makes me get choked up

[@nibotykztawas3210]

Thanks for introducing me to this album melon I’ve listened to it a bunch of times this month and I’d say it’s my third favourite album of all time at this point thank you so much

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

You know I really want to love this album. I wish it was one of my favorite albums ever because I love the concept and I’m a huge fan of Phil’s other work but something about this album just doesn’t click for me. I’ve tried getting into it on multiple occasions but it’s never quite worked Ps. It clicked I get it now

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

da absolute boss of u it clicked after listening to It was hot we stayed in the water and Mount Eerie. They really put this album and it’s themes in perspective since it’s the middle chapter in a bigger story.

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

da absolute boss of u I listened to the whole thing driving around Montana and snowy trees and mountains and rivers it was probably the most beautiful art experience I’ve ever had.

[@grovenn]

@@HumansFreshlyBorn going to montana in a couple months will definitely be playing this all the way there

[@jens2049]

Epic

[@cades2372]

classic review of Since I Left You especially with the new Avalanches album coming out

[@matthewfamularo6759]

I've been waiting ages for him to review that godly album

[@alvinrowjr1651]

YES PLEASE

[@greatexpectat1ons320]

I love how about 90% of the comments on this video are about anything and everything EXCEPT the album Anthony reviewed here :P

[@toogoodlimegreen]

so i just listened to the album and is incredibly amazing and i love it but the last two songs have successfully scared the shot out of me lol. i heard one person talking about “my warm blood” saying that the bits from the first track serve as flashbacks, like phil’s life is flashing before his eyes, and i’ve been losing sleep over it

[@sl0th259]

Whos ready for the next microphones record?

[@shiina4861]

SO HYPE

[@elliotjackypiggygambetta]

hello man from 4 months ago, I am writing to you on November, twenty-sixthth, two thousand and twenty. the album is really cool.

[@toogoodlimegreen]

16:35 i totally feel you on that, i’ve done that with plenty of songs i’ve loved before. i did that for “there’ll be clouds tonight” off of don’t wake me up. i’ll check this out!!!

[@Bekayvd]

Finally decided to get this on vinyl. The shipping cost more than the record itself but it was more than worth it. Beatuiful album and a beautiful vinyl package.

[@liamgibson1856]

0:43: “now-defunct” *Microphones in 2020 has entered the chat*

[@ZAPPED916]

Review "Music Has the Right to Children" or "Geogaddi" by Boards of Canada! Please....

[@TomVGuitar]

Geogaddi is better imo, but MHTRTC is probably more fitting for classics week

[@ZAPPED916]

+Tom Williams I can agree with that, but, I think when MHTRTC came out it was more of a defining album for its time and imo defined its genre

[@ZAPPED916]

+Tom Williams But Geogaddi was way more experimental... I love Boards of Canada so it's all good to me!

[@TomVGuitar]

+ZAPPED916 this is why I think it's more fitting for classics week, it was the world's first major introduction to their music, and it was definitely a good introduction

[@Demention94]

Yes!

[@briannashockley4479]

hands down 10/10 album. speaks to my withered soul and broken heart. for years now myself. thru so many traumas and facing death... losing loved ones... ahhh

[@frankmac355]

I'm wearing my microphones shirt while watching this, one of my all times favorites for sure

[@Armymanprod]

duuuude. im glad you did a review of this album it has been my no. 1 album since the first time i heard it. There is just so much power and emotion that this record presents.

[@rileyhodges6291]

The last few seconds of My Warm Blood has a heart beat playing and I think that symbolizes that everything has been done wiped clean and you think that's it. BUT. THE HEART BEAT. I think it's a small subtle nod to maybe he didn't die? Maybe he wiped clean to start fresh? Idk.

[@sairachiodini]

Such a great review. I felt like I was one of only few who knew of this beautiful album, but this video & this comment section made me so happy to find out that others love them too

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

Anyone here after Microphones in 2020 was announced?

[@AngusBoom_]

WAIT WHAT YOU’RE LYING THAT DIDNT HAPPEN

[@AngusBoom_]

YOOOO YOURE NOR LYING THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED

[@AltairAuditoreMiles]

Great review, Glowthony Partwono. Interesting point about samurai sword being the wind Phil wishes for at the beginning. I like to take the lyrics of that song somewhat literally and picture Phil actually fighting with a bear in the wilderness. Then, he dies of his wounds in 'my warm blood,' and hearing the end melody from 'I want wind to blow' playing faintly in the ambiance as the album winds down makes it seem like its end is tied into the beginning, which brings to mind the opening lyrics of 'the mansion' as well as a line off the Clear Moon track 'through the trees pt. 2' about there being "either no end, or simultaneous end and beginning." I think about this album too much. Also, if there are any fans of Phil lurking around who haven't heard, his wife is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer and there's a gofundme he set up in case people want to help alleviate the financial burden her medical expenses have caused over the last year.

[@neighbor472]

Map, i want wind to blow, instrumental 1, and samurai sword are my favorite tracks

[@thexyzhead]

Will I enjoy this If I liked In The Aeroplane Over The Sea?

[@DemPop]

IMO this is way more dissonant and chaotic than NMH, but yeah, you're most likely gonna enjoy it, might just take a few more listens than ITAOTS.

[@FalconPunch256]

FOr fucking sure, Lyrics are way less concrete, but its great stuff. Lo fi and varied, melodic songs

[@neighbor472]

This has itaots vibes but it's got more of a foggy sad rainy day vibe and it's more abstract. Itaots is a lot more accessible than this

[@Mrmightyturtle]

Dude if this is anything like ITAOTS I'm gonna fucking cum everywhere. One of my favourite albums.

[@BenLauter]

This was the next album I listened to after I became completely enamored with In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. As soon as the first track started I could really tell that it was something way, way, way different than anything I had heard before. The melodies were amazing, the layered guitars were mesmerizing, the vocals sounded honest and familiar, as if it were a friend telling me a story. This album, if you love Aeroplane, will blow your mind.

[@cosmos7206]

DO LAUGHING STOCK REVIEW

[@blackicon2609]

Your prayers have been answered my son

[@deaconwon9080]

This is the best Classics Week yet.

[@Sorkinhater]

Review "who will cut our hair when we're gone?" By the unicorns

[@cannedkitty]

Nice profile pic. I don’t think I come across anyone who likes that P.E.E. Album.

[@triumphantfetus]

I am also a huge music nerd (clearly not on your caliber), but I am overly excited that you went back and reviewed this album. Not only is it a good review, but you described it more or less perfectly. I first heard it in my mid teens (29 now) and it holds up as one of my personal favorites because of the very raw emotion behind it. There's almost this sort of bipolar element to it that I had yet to hear at that time and have truly heard since. "I felt your shape" and "you'll be in the air" will always be two of my favorite songs without question.

[@mharry2464]

seeing the plug for the donation link for genvieve got to me

[@Bugsaresocool]

Nice coma cinema pfp

[@aprildesy4133]

I come back to this album every once and while and always find something new to love. Ive gone through a phase of being obsessed with every song on this record. There's always so so much to get out of it and its always something I can revisit and get wowed by again

[@GabrielConstantinides]

I discovered The Microphones through Beamer Boy by Lil Peep, which sampled Headless Horseman from The Glow Pt. 2. This may be disappointing to many fans, and Phil himself. I think this because when a song is sampled in another song, it seems that fans naturally associate the sample with the song and perhaps treat it like it is 'just' the sample rather than it's own thing. I feel that this could be very irritating to the artist of the sample, as they are being recognised for something that is independent of them, are not given due credit for their work, and possibly have their art interpreted in a way they didn't want. I may have heard that Phil was on good terms with Lil Peep and had conversed with him, but I do recall a tweet by Phil where he said he is the guitarist in band Lil Peep. As he is of course not the guitarist and Lil Peep is not really a band, this tweet was clearly sarcastic, and I think gives an idea that Phil disliked this association, especially coming from the Lil Peep fans who had little understanding of the immensity of Headless Horseman. I can't remember how I discovered that Headless Horseman was the sample in Beamer Boy, because I didn't even know it was a sample initially. I enjoyed the guitar at the start of the song, and so I must have looked up about it on Google or KZbin or something and found out that way. When I did discover it, I proceeded to listen to on repeat early in 2019 and eventually explored the rest of The Glow Pt. 2 album. I think that Phil did such an amazing job with this piece of art and, I've not enjoyed any of his other projects as much. The Microphones in 2020 I also adore, I think it was a really cool idea. I hope that I manage to listen to and appreciate more of his work in the future. If I were to try and name my favourite tracks from the album to this point, they would be I Want Wind To Blow, The Glow Pt. 2, Headless Horseman, (Something) - 1, I Want to Be Cold, I Am Bored, I Felt My Size, Samurai Sword, and My Warm Blood (in the order they appear in the album). I have appreciated these songs either because I like how they sound, the meaning behind them, or a combination of both these things. I Felt My Size is a great reminder that we are all mortal, and rather meaningless in the grand scheme of the entire Universe. In spite of this, it is a blessing to have been given a chance to live and breathe even for just a short period of time, and I hope that I manage to appreciate this fact eventually and not take certain things for granted. Bravo Phil!

[@the-jar]

I found the microphones and specifically this album through peep too, but initially it was from (Something), the sample for white wine. I just love atmosphere of that song and the atmosphere it lends to white wine. I shortly later found out that Beamer boy sampled headless horseman but other than those two I didn’t give much of a chance to the rest of the album, wasn’t really my taste. Since then I’ve listening to a lot more music and earlier this year I started listening to the album consistently, and eventually it clicked. Now I’d consider this one of my top 10 favourite albums of all time. I was also surprised when listening to I’ll not contain you and recognised it as the sample for OMFG, another song by lil peep. It’s disheartening to hear Phil wasn’t so happy with peep sampling his work, but I can understand why, now in the comments for those 3 aforementioned songs (especially Something, and even Something-1 which isn’t even the right song) there’s plenty of people just there to drop their “rip peep” comment, which feels really disrespectful to the original artist. I’ve listened to more lil peep than any other artist but I appreciate the originals he sampled completely separately from the songs he made with them

[@contardation]

Incredible album! Really loved Phil's Mount Eerie stuff too especially Wind's Poem.

[@perkyoranges250]

I Want To Be Cold is so underrated

[@_Fug]

THIS

[@maryanntaylor3943]

@@_Fug THIS

[@parkert9090]

AHHHHH he finally reviewed it. One of my favorite albums and the first album that really got me into Phil's work

[@andrewcameroncline3733]

bought this when it came out completely based on artwork. one of the best decisions ever

[@andrewcameroncline3733]

good call on mount eerie the album.

[@andrewcameroncline3733]

this album easily ranks with the best lo-fi bedroom records of yore, ie. Daniel Johnston pre 1985, Elliott Smith's first two and a half albums, Sebadoh 90-93, beat happening

[@ToHellOrUtopia]

I discovered this album right around when I met my ex and I liked it but never listened to it that often. Then 6 years later we broke up and I have listened to it all the way through multiple times and I’m obsessed with it.

[@HumansFreshlyBorn]

We need a bodyguard team on Phil at all times, he needs to be protected

[@islashort1707]

beautiful album, beautiful human.. alltogether amazing. ive been obsessed with this album for years. for some reason i keep going back to it

[@jacobvenit5546]

you can really tell how much he loves this album

[@vikt0000r]

Great review yet again, rolo tony. This album means alot to me. kept me going a few times.

[@gooeyllewy3729]

u made the case for it melon good job

[@lukastaylor9544]

One thing fantano got wrong: the personnel. This was very much a Solo effort by Phil. Other voices and instruments were added by Phil deliberately and Phil has said he was alone in the album making process. The fact that the art came from one man alone (and all other voices used as an instrument) only serves to deepen the beauty of this project.

[@matchbox2482]

Great review by a great reviewer

[@victorie66]

I have never heard of this record before and it sounds great! Thank you Glowthony Phonetano!